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I like to Celebrate the small accomplishments when trying to lose weight. My final goal is 200lbs gone, so its a big number and will take quite a while. These mini goals help keep me on target and feel like I accomplished something. Mine are all percentages of excess weight and starting weight.

Mini goals

10% of starting weight 38.5lbs - 10/21/16

20% of excess weight 40lbs - 10/22/16

45lbs lost by 1st annivery - 10/30/16 (1 day early and 339.6!)

20% of excess weight 50lbs - soon!

HW 385 SW 359 CW 344 Sleeved 10/5/16

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Differently Celebrate

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Differently? Was that an autocorrect or do you have some cool way of celebrating that you should share with the class?

What kind of mini goals do you guys have for yourselves?

How do you celebrate/reward yourself?

HW 385 SW 359 CW 340 Sleeved 10/5/16

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I love setting goals. When I started my journey back in March, I laid out 21 milestones on a word doc that would take me throughout my whole journey (about 220 pounds). Every time I meet one, I bold and italicize it on the document.

Celebration-wise, we usually either go shopping or go to the casino or something similar that we enjoy doing.

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I do, but for me, I treat numbers of pounds lost as milestones and not goals. I set goals for things I can control (the inputs: water/fluids, Protein, exercise, etc.) and not things I can't control like pounds lost.

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Progress, Celebrate any kind of progress. I just ordered a salad with oil and vinegar instead of ranch dressing. Not a great change, but something I am proud of.

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I love setting goals. When I started my journey back in March, I laid out 21 milestones on a word doc that would take me throughout my whole journey (about 220 pounds). Every time I meet one, I bold and italicize it on the document.

Celebration-wise, we usually either go shopping or go to the casino or something similar that we enjoy doing.

I added them to a bucket list app. When I complete it, it draws a line through it and moves it to the bottom. I like seeing things moved to the bottom.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 340 Sleeved 10/5/16

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Bucket list is a great idea. New jeans in four pounds for me. Kayaking 30 pounds after that.

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I am in a wedding on nov 19 I set a date of how much I wanted to loss before the wedding as of the morning I am 5 lb more to go I think I will make it . Think I will Celebrate with going shopping for something new

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I set interim goals or objectives for myself to keep me motivated! For example, I want to lose about 100 lbs total with this surgery. Together, my surgeon and I came up with some time related weight loss goals that would help me get there, and striving for those goals gives me things in the near future to reach for vs looking waaaaaaay down the road at my largest, final goal.

The celebrations design themselves...if I lose weight, I get new clothes. If I follow my exercise plan, I get stronger and can advance to new exercises/types of exercise. If I eat properly, I feel better and don't have any stomach pain/nausea.

If I get my Water in every day, I don't get constipated ;-)

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